Wine from 170-year-old wreck nets $156,000
Wine from 170-year-old wreck nets $156,000
Jun 9, 2012 6
(SFGate) - Number of the day
170
That's how many years 11 bottles of Champagne sat on the bottom of the Baltic Sea before they sold at auction Friday for more than $156,000. The bubbly was perfectly stored horizontally in cold, dark waters between Finland and Sweden. Divers exploring the shipwreck of a schooner found 162 bottles, of which 79 were drinkable. Four of those sold were Veuve Clicquot, with the highest-priced bottle going for $18,721.50.
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